Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Karim Yahya, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Do i need to make an intention when rinsing the mouth and the nose.
When i start my ghusl.
– I first wash my private parts and make intention to lift the state of major ritual impurity (janaba) from my private parts.
– Then i rinse my mouth 3 times and my nose 3 times without intention.
– After rinsing i start washing my head with the intention to lift the state of major ritual impurity (janaba).
Is this correct? I mean is a ghusl accepted if you do not make an intention when you rinse the mouth and nose?
In The Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
Praise is only for Allah, Lord of the worlds
May Allah bless the Imam of the pure, our liegelord Muhammad as well as his folk and companions and grant them all peace.
Rinsing the mouth and nose during the purificatory bath (ghusl) is a sunna; so it is still valid without making an intention for rinsing them. However one should make an intention for the sunnas of the purificatory bath (ghusl) when one begins the sunnas that come before the obligatory intention (like the Basmala, siwak, and washing of hands) so that one is rewarded for these sunnas just as one does in ablution (wudu) for the sunnas that come before washing the face. [1] And Allah knows best and He alone gives success (tawfiq).
[1] See: Muhammad Shatta, I’anah al-Talibin (Beirut, Dar al-Fikr, 1998), 1:124.